Sales Engineer

Portnox is a leading provider of cloud-native zero trust access control solutions, empowering organizations to secure their networks, applications, and infrastructure with ease. Our unified platform offers passwordless authentication, risk monitoring, and compliance enforcement, enabling resource-constrained IT teams to proactively address today's most pressing security challenges. We are seeking a dynamic and technically proficient Sales Engineer to join our team. The Sales Engineer will play a critical role in driving the sales process by providing technical expertise, conducting product demonstrations, and ensuring our solutions align with customer needs. This role requires a blend of technical acumen, sales experience, and excellent communication skills. While this is a fully remote role, we are only looking to hire in Texas, North Carolina, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Pennsylvania, and Virginia. Key Responsibilities Technical Consultation: Serve as a trusted technical advisor to prospective customers, understanding their requirements and articulating how Portnox's solutions can address their challenges. Product Demonstrations: Conduct compelling product demonstrations, showcasing the features and benefits of our solutions to both technical and non-technical audiences. Solution Design: Collaborate with customers and internal teams to design and propose tailored solutions that meet specific customer needs. Sales Support: Assist the sales team in responding to RFPs, preparing technical proposals, and providing technical input during the sales cycle. Customer Engagement: Build and maintain strong relationships with customers and partners, ensuring a deep understanding of their business objectives and technical environments. Training and Enablement: Provide technical training and support to customers, partners, and internal sales personnel to ensure successful adoption and utilization of Portnox solutions. Feedback Loop: Communicate customer feedback and insights to product management and engineering teams to inform product development and enhancements. Skills, Knowledge, and Expertise Educational Background: Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related field. Experience: Minimum of 3-5 years of experience in a sales engineering or similar technical role, preferably within the cybersecurity or network access control domain. Cybersecurity experience required. Technical Skills: Proficiency in network security concepts, including authentication, authorization, and accounting (AAA) services. Familiarity with cloud-native architecture and solutions. Experience with zero trust security frameworks and network access control solutions. Communication Skills: Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to convey complex technical concepts to diverse audiences. Problem-Solving: Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with a proactive approach to addressing customer challenges. Travel: Willingness to travel as needed to support sales activities and customer engagements. Preferred Qualifications: Experience with Portnox or similar network access control solutions. Relevant certifications such as CISSP, CCNP, or equivalent. Experience working with cloud platforms and services. Why Join Us Opportunity to make a significant impact on the operations of the company. Collaborative and dynamic work environment with opportunities for professional growth and development. Competitive compensation and benefits package. Originally posted on Himalayas